Rihanna and Prince Harry's BFF-ship Is Almost Too Good

All week long we've been watching Prince Harry and Rihanna slowly but surely move from strangers to friendly acquaintances to full-blown BFFs. And it's only Thursday! Who knows what the future has in store!

The prince met Rihanna on his tenth day touring the Caribbean, and as you can see it was love at first awkward handshake.

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I am LIVING for the romantic comedy where a pop princess returns to her home country to do a meet-and-greet with a ruggedly handsome British prince and then decides to stay an extra day. Just to see what happens.

"Cancel the rest of my week, Mildred," Rihanna (played by Rihanna) would murmur into her cell phone as her perfectly manicured nails grazed the billowing sheer curtain of her hotel room. Just beyond the windowsill, she'd spy the prince, engaged in a pickup game of football with some local lads. The pop princess would notice how well the cut of his shirt defined his muscled back. Aided, of course, by the light sheen of sweat just starting to soak through.

As if hearing her drifting thoughts, the prince would stop and look up at her. Startled, the pop princess would withdraw. This is ridiculous. What am I doing here? I'm in the wrong story, the princess would think. What about the Canadian guy????????

Or, you know, something like that.

Omigod, I am already camping out in front of the movie theater to buy tickets to see this.

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Side note: I'm obsessed with the fact that Rihanna is wearing a California-king-size fitted sheet and making it 100 percent work. I am dying.

Bedclothes—not just for beds anymore.

Anyway, I know that Rihanna and Prince Harry aren't actually falling in love...yet. Because Meghan Markle, and the Canadian, and also this movie just started so there have to be some complications, etc.

Also, I've been watching The Crown and I understand that a relationship of this sort would be very controversial and result in some very terse conversations with John Lithgow and a lot of dramatic horseback riding.

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Why didn't I know about this tactic for dealing with my problems before? Bad day at work? Unhappy with the cabinet appointments? Annoyed that Amy Adams still doesn't have an Oscar? Simple solution—tie a kerchief around your head, get on a horse, and tell your worries, "Boy bye!"

Or "Cheerio." Cuz, you know, British.

But you know who's finding it hard to say good-bye? HarRi.

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OMG! Love! So much love!

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Oh, wait. No, baby. Too much love.

Stop this.

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Much better.

Today the royal BFFs participated in Man Aware, an event held in conjunction with World AIDS Day. As part of the event, they both received rapid HIV tests to show how easy, important, and accessible testing is.

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Look at this.

One: You have to love someone who wears all white and ecru to an event where she's going to have blood drawn. That is fierce. Rihanna's like, "I wish a platelet would!"

Two: You also have to love the woman behind RiRi who is straight-up casually photographing the pop star's bloody fingertip. Like, I am so here for that Facebook album.

Three: LOOK AT PRINCE HARRY'S FACE! He is smitten! And for good reason. He's aware, like Rihanna is aware, that knowing your status is sexy. (Spoiler alert: That's the message of the movie. Imagine the next lines are said in voiceover by Amy Adams, who plays a wise testing technician/guardian angel. It's a tour de force that finally wins her an Oscar.) No matter what your status is, if you know it, you too could catch the eye of a prince.

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